I am 100% iu and have not recieve any information on insurance I will be getting. I know my wife will get champva but what do I recieve? thanks.

All of your healthcare will be provided by the (drumroll please)................VA.
Does your letter say that you are 100% IU and P&T?

Do you have your award letter?
This kicks the benefits in to play. Just go to www.va.gov and download the Champ VA application form, fill it out and send it in. Dont forget toattach a copy of the award letter.
You have 6 months to seek Dr visits back to your effective date.

Dont wait for them to send you anything if you have your award letter.

J

What kind of insurance are you talking about? Additional GI life insurance? At IU-100% comp., the VA will pay your premiums, if you request it.

Thanks to all who have posted. im talking about i think its Vha? The medical insurance I am gatting. I have a card from the Va but I have recieved any information about where I can and cant go. My wife filled out the champVa for herself and my daughter. And we are still waiting for a response. We will probably call them tommororw. I would have sooner but I hurt my back yesterday and had to go to the local E.R. And was wondering if this will be paid by them or not. Yes I am 100%iu p&t thanks again.

Quick fix to last post I have not recieved information from the vha or champVa for spouse and child as of yet.

You are supposed to go to your local VA hospital for all of your healthcare. There isn't really any "insurance" for you. As far as you going to a local civilian ER, as long as the VA deems it was a true emergency and the VA wasn't closer....they should pay for it. But normally if it isn't an emergency (like you need to be in an ambulance), visits like that either aren't paid or should be pre-approved.
First thing Monday morning contact the Fee-Basis office at your local VAMC and let them know that you went to a civilian hospital!

Okay, Jarhead, listen up.
You ain't getting no "medical insurance", per se, you gettin' to go to the VA for your "medical insurance". And, no, they probably will not pay for your ER visit.
You need to, if you haven't yet, get your butt down to the closest VA medical facility and get signed up for your VA medical ID card and determine your eligibility (yours will be 100%, in other words if you are 100% then you will be taken care of 100%). That is your "medical insurance" (actually, not bad in this day and age, right?).
Your wife and daughter will be eligible for the CHAMPVA. When you get their eligibility cards, there will be, on the cards, the date that they became eligible (the same date that you became 100%), make sure and turn in, to CHAMPVA, ANY receipts for any money that you have paid out for their healthcare since the date they became eligible, up until today's date. Then, what I do, is I send in any receipts for my wife's care, every three months, like clockwork. Takes 'em about 3 weeks to send her a check. Some folks just give the doctor's office and the pharmacy the CHAMPVA ID card and they bill CHAMPVA directly, without you having to do a thing (nice, yes).
My wife has "other" insurance thru her work, so we let it pay what it will, then send the bill showing the remainder that we would owe (what we'd be "out-of-pocket) to the CHAMPVA.

Semper Fi!

Also, do not forget that if you are 100% P&T that you are eligible for what is called an "MWR" card (Morale, Welfare and Recreation), Department of Defense FORM 2765.
Call the #800-827-1000 and ask them to send you the letter that you will then take to the nearest military installation where they will issue you and your dependents the card. This allows you to access any military base, and use their PX, BX or recreation facilities, worldwide. The Wife and I make our "weekly run" to the Naval Air Station for our groceries and save, probably 25% plus there is no sales tax. There are a lot of benefits to being 100% (as there rightfully should be).

Semp...ah hell you know!

Yes I understood your typo in your last post. After you have participated here at Hadit, over a hundred times , or so, then you will get an edit button, at the bottom of your screen, and then you can go in and correct it yourself... I use it all the time.

Based on what you posted, so far, I agree with purple and the others, please call your local VAMC tomorrow, ASAP. I think you only have a short period of time to call it in. It depends...As it's been said earlier, ... If the VA will even pay for it....

The ambulance driver should have taken you to the VAMC, in the first place. Did you tell the ambulance people that you were a disabled veteran? . Do you live out in the country, hundreds of miles from the closest VA hosp.? If so, then you need to apply for a fee-basis card.


Welcome to the twilight zone????

Yes I live in the country many hours away froma V A Hospital. We have a clinic in town but they were closed. what is the Fee-Basis office number any body know? Much appreciated all the info.

Just call your local VAMCs main number and ask for the Fee Basis office.

I know this wasn't your question but, are you getting disability from Social Security (SSDI) too?
If not you should file for it,


Boondoc

I called the VA hosp. in Minneapolis at 612-725-2000. I explained your situation to a nurse on duty. She said call back on Monday and ask for Billing. Or as purple posted, ask for Fee Basis. Be sure to tell them that you are service connected for your back. I read that your back was SC, from one of your previous posts. Good Luck.

Also, since you live so far from the Twin Cities, you could also call the Dental Clinic, at that same phone number I gave you, and ask the Chief of Dental service, for fee basis for your dental work to be done closer to home. You qualify for it. Of course,that doesn't mean that they will grant it for you. Hope you feel better soon. Hang in there...

You have been given good advice. Also, go to your STATE's Veterans website, and see what benefits you get there. My state offers free license plates and lowered property taxes for 100% P and T Vets. You can check on your state here:
http://www.hadit.com/forums/index.php?showforum=64